Town of Sheldon v. Sheldon Poor House Ass'n

This is an action of contract in the form of assumpsit to recover taxes assessed in 1924. The plaintiff had judgment below on facts found and stated by the court, and the case is here on defendant’s exceptions. The questions for review are whether defendant owns the property on which the taxes in question were assessed, and if it does whether such property is exempt from taxation either under the terms of defendant’s charter or the general tax laws of the State.

These facts appear from the 'findings, which are not excepted to: In 1846 the towns of Highgate, Swanton, Sheldon, and Franklin…